asked the Minister for Health if, further to the Taoiseach's recent statement in the House regarding the proportion of national income spent on health services in this country and the member countries of the EEC, he will state in the case of this country, each of the EEC countries, Britain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Yugoslavia, in so far as such information is available to him, (a) expenditure by central governments and local authorities, excluding expenditure from insurance contributions of employers and employees, on health services in 1963; and (b) the expenditure on health services financed by national insurance contributions from employer and employee.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Expenditure on Health Services.
3.
Figures of public expenditure on medical care for 1963 are not available to me for all these countries. The most recent statistics applicable to all the countries mentioned which are available are those contained in "The Cost of Social Security, 1958-1960" published in 1964 by the International Labour Office. I have had a table prepared from this publication showing total public expenditure on medical care and will, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, have it included in the Official Report. In view of the reference in the question to the Taoiseach's recent statement, I have for the Deputy's convenience included in the table the percentage of the gross national product in each case represented by this expenditure, as based on the ILO figures.
As the financing of health services in most of these countries is part of the financing of general social security systems, it is not practicable to give comparative figures sub-dividing expenditure on health services alone by reference to the source of its financing, as requested by the Deputy.
Public Expenditure on Medical Care
|
Country |
Year to |
Public Expenditure on Medical Care |
Percentage of Gross National Product at Market Prices |
|
Ireland |
31 March, 1960 |
£16.9 million |
2.9 |
|
EEC Countries: |
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Belgium |
31 December, 1960 |
10,760 million francs |
2.0 |
|
France |
31 December, 1960 |
7,118 million new francs |
2.6 |
|
Germany (Federal Republic) |
31 December, 1960 |
8,058 million DM |
3.0 |
|
Italy |
31 December, 1960 |
485,594 million liras |
2.6 |
|
Luxembourg |
31 December, 1960 |
513 million francs |
2.2 |
|
Netherlands |
31 December, 1960 |
708 million florins |
1.8 |
|
Other Specified Countries: |
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Denmark |
31 March, 1960 |
1,210 million crowns |
3.3 |
|
Norway |
30 June, 1960 |
970 million crowns |
3.4 |
|
Sweden |
31 December, 1960 |
2,110 million crowns |
3.4 |
|
United Kingdom |
31 March, 1961 |
£860 million |
3.6 |
|
Yugoslavia |
31 December, 1960 |
101,519 million dinars |
3.8 |